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...pulled a pistol and shot into the floor at the feet of the major, who said, 'That's not the way to shoot, but like this,' and (at elbow-bending range) commenced to empty his pistol against the captain, who, at the same time, pulled the trigger of his .45. A few seconds were sufficient for the two officers to fall dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Latin America: Murder at the Eugenia | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

...scientists, with the purest scientific motives in the world, still toy with the idea of a scientifically induced Doomsday. They know the gun is loaded, but their fingers itch to try the trigger. They have a pretty good idea about how to attack this scientifically fascinating problem. Their most powerful cyclotrons and betatrons shoot out particles with energies up to 100,000,000 electron-volts. This is practically no energy at all, said Professor Wheeler. From outside the earth's atmosphere a wealth of high-energy particles is constantly showering down. By studying these cosmic rays, Professor Wheeler believes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: They Know It's Loaded | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

...does lend its B-29s, the U.S. public will probably not be told about it. And if an experiment succeeds in setting up a chain reaction, it is possible that no living thing will be around to applaud.* For, if the scientists ever succeed in pulling the trigger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: They Know It's Loaded | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

...Staten Island flapper who wanted to marry money and did, after losing a Miss America beauty contest, visting a speak on the arm of a fated gunman, eluding a greasy gin-mill manager, falling in love with another gunman, jilting a dance-marathon winner, and double-crossing the favored trigger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 11/27/1945 | See Source »

...know nothing about camera technique, you may soon be taking clear, indoor snapshots of Junior. The Army Signal Corps has developed a parent-proof camera with built-in sunlight. All you have to do-indoors or outdoors, day or night-is focus on the subject and pull the trigger. The camera does the rest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Never Mind the Birdie | 11/26/1945 | See Source »

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